USA Law

Category: Legal Education

  • Law Degree

    Law Degree in United States Practical Information Note: Some of this information was last updated in 1982A rank to which law scholars are admitted by a university, in recognition of their legal attainments. The law degrees obtainable and the abbreviations of them follow. Notice that in some […]

  • The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

    The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary in the United States The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary: Comprising the Terms and Phrases of American Jurisprudence, Including Ancient and Modern Common Law, International Law, and Numerous Select Titles from the Civil Law, the French and the Spanish law, etc. etc. […]

  • Law School Admission Test

    Law School Admission Test (LSAT) in the United States LSAT and Title III discrimination According to William D. Goren (J.D., LL.M): Anybody that wants to go to law school must take the LSAT, law school admission test sponsored by the law school admission Council (LSAC) . The LSAT is a […]

  • Legal Commentary

    Legal Commentary in the United States What is legal Commentary? An in-depth examination  of a legal topic e.g. employment law, trusts, taxation,  etc. Written by specialists – judges, practitioners, academics etc. A means of determining key case law and legislation Public […]

  • Google for Legal Research

    Google for Legal Research in the United States WestlawNext and Goolge From Testing the Limits of WestlawNext (by LEE F. PEOPLES), pag. 139, Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 31:125–149, 2012, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC: Google is the search engine of choice for 78 percent of law […]

  • List of California Law Schools

    List of California Law Schools in the United States This list includes the California law schools accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA), accredited by the California Committee of Bar Examiners, as well as those accredited by the California Committee of Bar Examiners (and not the […]

  • U.S. Law School Online Resources

    U.S. Law School Selected Internet Resources in the United States Law School Application Resources Application Guide for Students with Disabilities The NAPLA-SAPLA Book of Law School Lists Part Time Law School Program Locator The NALP Directory What Law School Rankings […]

  • Open Access Law Author Pledge

    Open Access Law Author Pledge in the United States For authors wishing to commit publicly to open access ideals, the Open Access Law Project (OAL) established an OAL Author Pledge. This pledge commited authors to only publish law review articles in law reviews and journals that adhere to a […]

  • Open Access Law Adopting Journals

    Open Access Law Adopting Journals in the United States The Open Access Law Program, a part of the Science Commons publishing project, supported the “open access” to legal scholarship. By providing simple, standardized principles and agreements, Science Commons seek to encourage the broadest […]

  • Open Access Law Principles

    Open Access Law Principles in the United States Many legal periodicals, like law journals and law reviews, believe in a free and neutral access to legal scholarship and that legal scholarship should be available to the widest possible audience, regardless of wealth. The Open Access principles […]

  • The Open Access Law Program

    The Open Access Law Program in the United States The Open Access Law Program (OAL Program), which supported “open access” to legal scholarship, was a part of the Science Commons publishing project, which itself is working to support open access to scholarly research in a wide range of […]

  • Reproduction of law in Government sites

    Reproduction of law in Government sites in the United States Public policies vary from country to country. In Canada, in respecto of Federal Law,in 1996, a Reproduction of Federal Law Order, taking in account the fundamental importance to a democratic society that its law be widely known […]

  • Ranking of the top 100 legal most-cited articles of all time

    Ranking of the top 100 legal most-cited articles of all time in United States List of the top 100 legal most-cited articles of all time in ranking order Ranking of the top 100 legal most-cited articles of all time, according to Shapiro Below is the ranking of the top 100 most-cited […]

  • Law School success books

    Law School success books in United States Books about Law Practice and School Success, for Students This entry lists below several books which may be useful to law students who want a good overview of law school and how to excel as a law student, including books on writing law school exams. […]

  • Libraries: Presidential Secrecy and the Law

    Libraries: Presidential Secrecy and the Law in the United States Robert M. Pallitto and William G. Weaver, Presidential Secrecy and the Law (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007) demonstrates that there is a long history predating what “W,” Cheney, Ashcroft, Gonzales, and Rove […]